Tuesday, November 16, 2010

No Help From Above

Have you noticed people saying things and then having to explain or justify exceptions to what they just said? I have heard many preachers make such statements. Somewhere in history someone said God heals sick people but then confesses we all die, just not now for me; God protected me on my trip but I feel bad for all the people who died on their trip because God didn't save them because God thinks I am special. Apparently He was distracted finding a parking spot for me and he missed that little four-year-old girl who was raped and beaten and died. Oops, apparently even God cannot see everything at the same time. Apparently his blessings need to be rationed because when He gave me a great job or a really large house or a very expensive car or a really neat vacation he did not have enough blessings to give that fellow sitting on the corner any food or house or clean clothes. I guess even God has to be selective who he "blesses" because he does not have enough for everyone. And besides I am special.
 
 
Have you considered what sort of world this would be if God directly intervened, suspending   His natural laws, each time we encounter a life-threatening situation? This would render the law system of our planet completely undependable and make life a sphere of hopeless confusion. Such a haphazard system, in fact, would argue more for atheism that it would for theism.
 
 
God does not heal today. He does not intervene in the physical world today. He cannot. It would destroy the concept of free will and destroy the orderliness of His creation.

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